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Dr. Grigg's first lecture reminded us that, thanks to shared water resources, we're often
interconnected, even though we may not recognize it. The water conflicts he touched on reflected
tensions between different types of users, upstream versus downstream neighbors, users
in adjacent basins connected by inter-basin transfers, users in adjacent states and in
adjacent nations. He showed us how solutions to these conflicts are often elusive. Not
so much for lack of technology or money, but for the lack of effective governance.
Dr. Grigg's second lecture follows up on these points by examining trans-boundary conflicts
and inter-basin transfers in greater detail. In this lecture we will see some examples
of effective governance to help solve water conflicts, and we will see some other examples
that again show how such effective governance is often elusive.